A car driver killed 10 people and injured dozens after he rammed a pickup truck carrying an ISIS flag into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year in Bourbon Street in New OrleansThis is just days after a pro-ISIS outlet called on Muslims to wage Islamic jihad in the United States, Europe and Russia.
The tragic accident occurred at approximately 3:15 a.m. on New Year's Day and the FBI identified the driver as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar of Texas.
Police said the suspect died after jumping from his truck and exchanging gunfire with responding officers.
The FBI told reporters on Wednesday ISIS flag He added that the FBI is working to determine Din Jabbar's possible connections and affiliation with the terrorist organization.
Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a car plowed into a crowd of people at the New Orleans Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
On Sunday, a pro-ISIS outlet took to Telegram, calling on Muslims living in the United States, Europe and Russia to launch attacks on New Year's Eve.
A translated version of the leaflet said: “O monotheists in Europe, America, Russia and other countries of the Crusaders, we know that you are keen to join your brothers in the land of jihad, but your path has been cut off.” . “The Crusaders are among you, their security has been prolonged, and your brothers are being killed.
A separate shooting near the parade route in New Orleans leaves two dead and 10 injured
NEW ORLEANS, LA – JANUARY 1: Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least ten people were killed when a person drove his car into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day on January 1, 2025 in New Orleans. Orleans, Louisiana. Dozens were injured after the suspect in a rented pickup truck allegedly drove around barricades and into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street. The suspect then got out of the vehicle, opened fire on police officers, and was then killed by law enforcement. (Michael DeMocker/Getty Images)
The post continued: “The time has come to take the swords out of their sheaths and put the horses in their places that God loves and is pleased with.” “They are preparing for the feast of their polytheism, but around their feast there is sadness, and their joy is a curse.”
The perpetrator asked the Muslims, or “Crusaders,” whether they felt as safe in their homes as their brothers and sisters did in detention centers and camps, before calling on them to “repeat their attacks and repeat the days of those who preceded you on this path.”
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The message stated: “So they waited for them, they lurked, and they seized the opportunities and pounced on them, just as a hungry lion attacks its unsuspecting prey.” “Let none of you be cowardly or weak, and keep God’s words in mind: Come and fight the polytheists all together as they fight all of you, so put your trust in God and repeat the days of terror upon the Crusaders” with killing, hatred and torment, according to the words of the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him: “An infidel and his killer will not meet in peace.” Fire forever, so help God, he will help you, and be true to Him.'”
The attack in New Orleans comes about two weeks after the suspect Terrorist attack At the Christmas market in Germany.
A A psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia He was reportedly arrested in connection with the December 20 hit-and-run at a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which killed five people, including a nine-year-old boy, and injured more than 200 others.
